---
title: Using Vue
description: Easily use Panda with Vue with our dedicated integration.
---

Learn how to set up Panda CSS in a Vue project using PostCSS.

## Start a new project

<Steps>

### Create Vite project

To get started, we will need to create a new Vue project using the official
[scaffolding tool](https://github.com/vuejs/create-vue).

If you don't enter any parameter, the CLI will guide you through the process of creating a new Vue app.

<Tabs items={['pnpm', 'npm', 'yarn', 'bun']}>
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  <Tab>
    ```bash
    pnpm create vue@latest
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    npm create vue@latest
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    yarn create vue@latest
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    bun create vue@latest
    ```
  </Tab>
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</Tabs>

You will be asked a few questions, answer them as follows:

```bash
Vue.js - The Progressive JavaScript Framework

✔ Project name: … test-app
✔ Add TypeScript? … Yes
✔ Add JSX Support? … Yes
✔ Add Vue Router for Single Page Application development? … No / Yes
✔ Add Pinia for state management? … No / Yes
✔ Add Vitest for Unit Testing? … No / Yes
✔ Add an End-to-End Testing Solution? › No
✔ Add ESLint for code quality? … No / Yes
✔ Add Prettier for code formatting? … No / Yes
```

Enter the newly created directory and install the dependencies.

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  <Tab>
    ```bash
    cd test-app
    pnpm install
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    cd test-app
    npm install
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    cd test-app
    yarn
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    cd test-app
    bun install
    ```
  </Tab>
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</Tabs>

### Install Panda

Install panda and create your `panda.config.ts` file.

<Tabs items={['pnpm', 'npm', 'yarn', 'bun']}>
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  <Tab>
    ```bash
    pnpm install -D @pandacss/dev
    pnpm panda init --postcss
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    npm install -D @pandacss/dev
    npx panda init --postcss
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    yarn add -D @pandacss/dev
    yarn panda init --postcss
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    bun add -D @pandacss/dev
    bun panda init --postcss
    ```
  </Tab>
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</Tabs>

### Update package.json scripts

Open your `package.json` file and update the `scripts` section as follows:

```diff {3} filename="package.json"
{
  "scripts": {
+    "prepare": "panda codegen",
    "dev": "vite",
    "build": "run-p type-check build-only",
    "preview": "vite preview",
    "build-only": "vite build"
  }
}
```

- `"prepare"` - script that will run Panda CSS CLI codegen before each build. Read more about
  [codegen](/docs/references/cli#panda-codegen) in the CLI section.

> This step ensures that the panda output directory is regenerated after each dependency installation. So you can add
> the output directory to your `.gitignore` file and not worry about it.

### Configure the content

Make sure that all of the paths of your Vue components are included in the `include` section of the `panda.config.ts`
file.

```js {8, 17} filename="panda.config.ts"
import { defineConfig } from '@pandacss/dev'

export default defineConfig({
  // Whether to use css reset
  preflight: true,

  // Where to look for your css declarations
  include: ['./src/**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx,vue}'],

  // Files to exclude
  exclude: [],

  // The output directory for your css system
  outdir: 'styled-system'
})
```

### Configure the entry CSS with layers

Add this code to an `src/index.css` file and import it in the root component of your project.

```css filename="src/index.css"
@layer reset, base, tokens, recipes, utilities;
```

## Start your build process

Run the following command to start your development server.

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  <Tab>
    ```bash
    pnpm dev
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    npm run dev
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    yarn dev
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    bun dev
    ```
  </Tab>
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</Tabs>

### Start using Panda

Now you can start using Panda CSS in your project. Here is the snippet of code that you can use in your `src/App.vue`
file.

```vue-html filename="src/App.vue"
<script setup lang="ts">
import { css } from "../styled-system/css";
</script>

<template>
  <div :class="css({ fontSize: '5xl', fontWeight: 'bold' })">Hello 🐼!</div>
</template>
```

</Steps>
